Again and again indeed.... and again! I love the painting too - it's one of my favorite snow paintings, which is saying a lot. I love snow paintings, and this one has a "depth" that just grabs me. It looks, to me, like snow that has been covered over with a layer of ice. I can almost hear the crunch of footsteps...

THE CLOISTERED HEART IS a way of living for God in the midst of the world. It is heart monasticism that can be embraced by married or single persons, religious or lay. It's an analogy in which our lives can be "monasteries," our hearts can live in the "enclosure" of Christ, and all things may be viewed through the will of God as through a "grille."